The Hobbit Chapter 10 Vocabulary

Complete the sentence. High tide will ______ during the next few hours and the waves will get smaller.

I was standing on the ___ looking out ______ into the distance over the lake and saw a storm approaching. I realized all the yachts needed to be ______ securely at the ____ to avoid any damage from the storm.

["over there"; distant, but within sight/ a structure extending into navigable water/
A wharf, usually of concrete or stone, to secure a ship]

buffeted

• bruised

• beaten

• battered

• all the options are correct

King Charles' coronation was a grand affair with all the proper solemnities.

Solemnities, as used in this sentence, means formalities.

• True

• False

Racket and clamour are synonyms.

• True

• False

The _____ _______ drank too much mead, and the _____ had to take him to his room to sleep it off.

[adjective - tend to drink too much/ noun - drunkard /noun - male servant]

The word eddy means

• of a current of water or air running contrary to the main current

• an electrical current running along high powered lines.

• a river meandering along a valley

• clouds rolling in the sky in an approaching storm

The _________ route that the hobbit and the dwarves had taken from Misty Mountain, through Mirkwood, and then in the barrels in Forest River had saved their lives.

roundabout; not direct; meandering; winding]

Allude means to

• infer

• imply

• referral

• imitate

The mountain was looming ominously in the distance. Ominously means

• enmity

• inauspiciously

• threateningly

• impressively